Legalizaing Marijuana

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In conclusion, it is entirely speculative, but a strong opinion that one of the main reasons the government hasn’t legalized marijuana yet is because it hasn’t found a way to properly regulate, tax and make the most money off of it. Also, it’s believed that other international manufacturers would benefit more {over time} because they have the best weather, soil and atmosphere for higher grade, better quality, organic marijuana. This is the same reasoning people use when purchasing cigars or wine. Cuba has a reputation for the best and highest quality cigars as Austria has for wine. It can be deduced that a country other than the US where the climate is predominantly favorable to growing the natural plant, would eventually have a stranglehold on the import of it. Another argument for the legalization of marijuana comes from lawyers, judges and pundits of the judicial system who have noticed trends that when one law is prosecuted more fervently, it takes focus off of other laws that are possibly more important. All in all, the government should work extra diligently in trying to legalize marijuana and educate society on what it actually does as opposed to what is speculated that it does by pundits who’ve never smoked it and are totally against the idea of smoking it for recreational as well as medicinal use.

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